Sociology? some one tell me about it. i wanna study it at uni?

Question

So what is it? and does it have good career paths, answer preferably to from Austrailan people cause of being a university. thanks alot. Sounds interesting i wanna do it.

Answer 1

Wikipedia says:

Sociology (from Latin: socius, "companion"; and the suffix -ology, "the study of", from Greek λόγος, lógos, "knowledge" [1]) is the scientific or systematic study of society, including patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and culture[2]. Areas studied in sociology can range from the analysis of brief contacts between anonymous individuals on the street to the study of global social interaction. Numerous fields within the discipline concentrate on how and why people are organized in society, either as individuals or as members of associations, groups, and institutions. Sociology is considered a branch of social science.

Sociological research provides educators, planners, lawmakers, administrators, developers, business leaders, and people interested in resolving social problems and formulating public policy with rationales for the actions that they take.

This the best study stream if you like to help people.

More infortion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociology

Answer 2

Sociology is a science which attempts the interpretive understanding of social action to arrive at a casual explanation of its course and effects.

Sociology seeks to formulate type concepts and generalized uniformities of empirical processes.